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TOM SAWYER
PRODULID IF
DAVID O. SELZNICK
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DIRECTED BY NDANAN TAUKOG KELTASED' TOTY UNITED ARTISTS
"JUDGE HARDY'S CHILDREN" with Lewis Stone Mickey Cooney - Crella Parker
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RO
COLMAN
PRISONER
The
OF
ZENDA
MADELEINE CARROLL
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr.
Bugert of Hai
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DIZZY DAMEN
SAN
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Tuesday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Contractors
At Law
Gap Rock Lighthouse Tow Not Fulfilled
A dispute between two Chinese contractors over the hire of a launch and lighter to do repair work at Gap Rock, was concluded before Mr. Jus
lee E. II. Williams, Puisne Judge, at Supreme Court yesterday,
the
Lee Yick Ltd., of No. 42, Con- naught load Central, claimed $300 of their for the hire
Launch Kwong Hing, and lighter, on May 18 and 19 at the rate of $250 per day. Mr. J. T. Prior of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, represented plaintiffs,
Defendants were Sang Lee Co., et No. 10 Tin Lok Lane, Wanchal, who zaid that by going to Cheung Chu instead of Gap Rock, plaintiffs had broken the contract of hire. They entered counter claim of $180. Mr. D. McCallum dants.
uppeared for defen-
Yu Yik-kwal, managing partner of defendant firm, said a permit was obtained from the Japanese Consul- General in Hongkong, after which the lighter was loaded with building materials to repair the lighthouse at Gay Rock and the launch left hu- bour. Later, he had a a telephone con versation with his foreman, who was on board, to say that the launch and lighter had reached Cheung Chau Witness and asked for instructions, told him to tell the coxswain to go to
10 Rock. A similar conversation cook place the next day and witness gave instructions for the bunch proceed to Gap Rock of to retum im- mediately. The lunch returned. the were unloaded building materials
Found were later taken out by the tu Henry Keswick. Witness suffered damages by the wages he had to pay his men for the two wasted days.
Government Contractor Cross-examined, witnew id h contracted for. Government and underlook to transport the material to Gap Ruck for $250. Later Govern- ment sent the material out by the Henry Krawlek, which cost over $1.000 for the trip,
Asked whether he was aware at the time that the launch and lighter might not be able to make the rough 24 hours, witness said passage in they could if they had tried. The weather was fine that day.
Witness also contended that the words at $250 per day of 24 hours" meant that the job had to be done in 24 hours. He agreed that he con- ducted all his business with Govern- inent in
Later he said a In English. verbal agreement to do the trip in 24 hours was made and he also un- derstood that the Japanese Consul- General's
ral's permit was good for 24 hours only.
He agreed that Government was "very good" to him as a contractor and, when he did work at a Cust which Government thought too low.
Government made up the amount by
dant
an
a further payment.
The foreman representing defen-
board sa
said that when the launch was at Cheung Chau he re-
naked the peatedly
Coxswain to go to Gap Rock but he said they must wait until the weather improved. The weather was fine at the time. Even- tually, witness said, his Master had instructed him to go to Gap Rock or and, when he return immediately told the coxswain this, the coxswain required him to sign a
chit
ui authorisation before he would tow the Righter back.
Not Consulted
Witness denied that the coxswain Was in communication with him during the trip and consulted him as to going to Cheung Chnu. He agreed thai at 3 a.m. the coxswain came
December 13, 1938.
Mail Planes RECEIVING ALHAMBRA
Off To-day
Three Machines On
Friday For
Outward Loads
The Imperini Airways planes Del- phinus and Dardanus are scheduled to hop off from Kal Tak at 7 am. to-day with the outward air malls.
Inward mail is expected to arrive at 6 p.m. to-morrow: two planes will be used if necessary.. On Friday, three planes will be used to carry the outward malis, the last load to rench the United Kingdom or Aus- trolla in time for Christmas Day.
Other Incoming mail will, be brought on schedule on Saturday, or earlier if there is any at Bangkok.
CONDOR SALVAGED
Manila, Dec. 12. With its body badly damaged, the German Condor plane was lifted from the bottom of the sea by means of a crone yesterday. Chief Pilot Henke and other members of the crew at- tended to the entire operations. The plane will be taken to pieces on the spot. It is estimated that the damage] will be $150,000.
The plane crashed off Rosario (n) Manila Bay on Tuesday last on the first lap of its flight from Tokyo back to Berlin-Donei.
CHRISTMAS MAILS
London, Dec. 12. Nine machines left Croydon und Southampton to-day, carrying 94 tons of Christmas mail for overseas.
Mercury, lower component
Jimmy's Kitchen Cutlery
Sold To Proprictor
Kwok Cheuk-hing, master of a hardware store, and Tsang King- wan, cashier of a dispensary, were charged before Mr. T. J. Houston at the Central Magistracy yesterday with receiving a quantity of forks, spoons and knives, knowing the same to have been stolen.
Mr. M. M. King, prosecuted, while Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios and Mr. M. A. da Silva represented the two defendants respectively.
Mr. E. Manning, of Messrs. John D. Hutchinson and Co., said that he received an order from Jimmy's Kitchen for some cultery in April, and when the goods arrived here in August, it was found that a certain number were missing.
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Mr. Aaron Landau, proprietor of Jimmy's Kitchen, said that he had ordered n quantity of cultery from Messrs. John D. Hutchinson and Co. Soine time in November, the first defendant went to his restaurant end | TO - MORROW asked witness if he would like to buy some cultery, and he replied in the
20th C. Fox offirmative.
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The Arst defendant produced fork, a knife and a spoon, and wit- ness noticed that on them the word **Jimmy's" was engraved. They were identical to those which he had ordered from England through Messrs. John D. Hutchinson and Co.
Withers bought cutlery from the st defendant to the total amount of $116.
He gave him $30 in cash and for the balance a post-dated After the defendant had left, he informed the police.
the f composite airgraft, lett Southamptoneque. ; with malls on a non-zlop, Might to ¦ Alexandrin.-Reuter Bulletin.
AIR SERVICES
Arrivals and Departures Of Planes Outward
For Londen, Australia, British Countries and Europe: Imperiul Alr.; ways 7 ani. Dee. 13; imperini Air-i ways 7 a.m. Dec. 10.
For Chungking. Siun ote.: Euras... and C.N.A.C, serviers indefhite.
For U.S.A., via Mamla, Honolulu, Philippine
Guam: Pan Am
American Clipper 8.30 a.m. Dec.. 15.
For France, via Hanol: Air France 6.30 a.m. Dec. 17.
Inward
From London, Australia and Bri- tish Countries: Imperial Airways 5 p.. Dec 14: Imperial Airways 5 p.m. Dec. 17.
From France, via Hanol; Air France 12.30 am, Dec. 15.
From Chungking, Yunnanfu, Kwel- lin: C.N.A.C., Eurasia Services Inde- finite.
From US.A., via Honolulu, Guam, Manila: Pan American Philippine Clipper 12.30 pan. Dec. 14.
alongside the lighter in the launch but said this was not to tell him they could proceed but to repeat that the weather was too bad for the trip.
After the solicitors had made their submissions, Hls Lordship sold that there would have been less difficulty about the case I the
Had agreement been made in Chinese, but he was satisfied that the English agreement did not require the plaintiff to dy the Job in 24 hours. He also pccepted the coxswain's evidence as the more trustworthy because if he did not, the position would arlse that the coxs- wain and his Master were in con- spiracy to put into Cheung Chau and, that being So, the coxswain would hardly go around at 3 a.m. to consult the foreman. It was resson-
When the case for the prosecution had closed, his Worship discharged the second defendant, holding that he kart no ease to answer. It
Wis alleged that second defendant asked Kwek to sell the cullery for him.
At this stage the hearag was ad- Journed to to-morrow afternoon.
LATE NEWS
Marine Engineer Dies In Hospital
The death occurred at the Queen Mary Hospital last night of Mr. Jumes Lloyd Howell, 39, marine engineer, He residing at the Kowloon Docks. was recently employed by Messrs.
Jardine Matheson and Co.
He had been ill for some time past, and had been in the Hospital for three weeks. He leaves a wife, daughter, brother and sister to mourn him.
The funeral will pass the Monument to-day at 5.15 p.m.
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PALATIAL RESIDENCE will have a frontage of 100 ft, and
Nearing Completion On Stubbs Road
CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
depth of about 80 ft.
Owned by Mr. Shum Yat-cho, a retired doctor who had A wide practice in Australia, this house is a two-storey building erected on the lines of a Chinese palace with green glazed pan, rolled tiles, rod facing bricks and granite plinth around In the course of a few short years it.. The house is specially designed certain parts of Hongkong and Kow-ld be in the path of the south loon, which were originally nothing breezes.
more
uninhabited than isolated,
peaks, have undergone great and welcome changes, for on them now
Two Dining Rooms
On Its ground floor there will be a
stand attractive groups of bungalows big reception hall and staircase, both and houses and the narrow paths that faced with marble, a European and library, once criss-crossed these districts are a Chinese dining room,
and a sitting room of 40 ft. by 19 ft. wide motor roads,
Both dining rooms will be fifted out Blue Poul Road, in Happy Valley, with bars, and romms adjoining them
for will añord direct kitchen
mervice. which was once
haven #1 squatters huts, and certain sections There will be two kitchens, one for of Homuntin and Waterloo Rond, the preparation of European food dishes. in Kowloon are typical examples of and the other for Chinese the conversion of waste land into Saven bedrooms, four bathrooms, a modem resklenjal districts.
guest room, and a reception room for women, form part of the first floor. The majority of house owners in In front of the house, space has the Colony have built their premises been marked out for a garden, tennis on the lines of European architecture, courts and sun shelters and at the but Intely
several have adopted rear of the building there will be n Chinese architectural designs. Lust big courtyard and a pavilion. At the week, there was completed in North lower level there will be a swimming
of the oc Point an excellent building latter type of architecture, and on-
The designing and supervision of other one, on Stubbs Road, is now nearing completion on a site covering the construction of the building an area of approximately 50,000 sq. under the care of Mr. N. C. Chau of it. When completed the building A.B.F. Raven & Co., the architects,
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